art patron
Gallery's financial supporter
An art patron is someone who supports artists or artistic institutions through financial contributions, commissions, or influence.
Historically, wealthy patrons like the Medicis funded Renaissance masters; today the term covers anyone who regularly buys art, donates to museums, or sponsors exhibitions: The gallery's art patrons gathered for a private viewing.
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
- collectorOne who gathers items
- donorOne who contributes freely
- endowerOne who provides funds
museum wing · connoisseur · old masters · advocate · philanthropist · backer · tastemaker · champion · Medici · sponsor · gallery opening · promoter · maecenas · private collection · impresario · aesthete · buyer · underwriter
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- art commissionscommission, commissions, contract, proposal, deposit
- art businessgalleries, auction houses, collectors, auction house, collector
- sponsorshipsponsor, backer, donor, supporter, benefactor
- sophisticatessophisticate, connoisseur, aesthete, bon vivant, cosmopolitan